Finding The Designated Router On A Lan - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Finding the Designated Router on a LAN

120 Internetwork Packet Exchange
You can also select System Information and check the following information:
Level 1 Overloaded—It should read No. If it reads Yes, the router does
not have enough memory to process routing information.
Detailed NLSP System Information—The Level 1 Database Overloads
field indicates how many times the router has run out of memory.
The Designated Router is an NLSP router elected by its peers to represent and
keep track of the connectivity of its LAN. The Designated Router handles
exchanges of link state information on behalf of all other NLSP routers on the
LAN. Only broadcast (LAN) circuits have Designated Routers.
To find the NLSP Level 1 Designated Router on a LAN, load IPXCON, select
a system, and follow this path:
Select Circuits > a broadcast circuit
The Circuit Information window appears and displays the name, type, and
state of each circuit.
The Circuit Information window displays, among other information, the name
of the Designated Router and the external network number of the LAN it
represents.
To see more information about the Designated Router, complete the following
steps:
1
Record the name of the Designated Router.
2
Press Esc until you return to the Available Options window.
3
Select SNMP Access Configuration.
4
Select IPX as the Transport protocol.
5
Type the name of the Designated Router in the Host Address field, then
press Enter .
6
Press Esc to return to the Available Options window.
In a few moments, IPXCON begins displaying statistics for the Designated
Router.